Your hometown library has an awesome selection of books, magazines, puzzles, and stamping kits. As the summer winds down and you enjoy August camping trips, days at the beach or lake, or camp fires at home, stop in to find that perfect companion book. We love helping our patrons find their next great read! Check our "5" or more items in August at the same time and enter a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate to Provision Partners/Cenex in Pittsville.
Tails and Tales
We have you covered for SUMMER FUN! Lots of great activities are planned for our 2021 Summer Library Program! Do not miss out on any of it! Hop on over to the Summer Library Program page (click the Kid's tab) to see the details.
Tuesday mornings at Riverside Park, 10:30am, for great performances, June 8-July 27.
Movies at the Library Wednesday afternoons at 1pm beginning June 23.
Thursday Specials featurning a great activity each week at the library beginning June 17.
(Please note that the July 22 Minigolf event has moved to July 28)
Story Walk at Riverside Park on Wednesday, August 4, 6pm-7:30pm.
Great Reading Program that is EASY and FUN.
New "Scratchie Tickets" with lots of chances to win prizes.
Free Gale Courses! All You Need is a Library Card!
Choose One Today!
Your Pittsville Community Library card is your FREE PASS to a huge array of courses available through Gale, Gale Presents Udemy, and Peterson Career Prep using an online learning platform. Again, these are all FREE! This is possilbe through The Cares Act and funded by The Institute of Museusm and Library Science and only available until January 29,2022. Hop on over to our Adult page to see all the details.
Poetry Contest Winners
Thank you to everyone who entered our poetry contest. We were overwhelmed at the response from our school and community. Between the four catergories (Kindergarten-3rd gr, 4th gr-6th gr, 7th gr-12th gr, and Adult) there were 141 poems entered. We appreciate our judges, Zoe Hale, Michelle Abel, Katie Hardinger, and Keven Zogleman for their time and teamwork. It was not an easy decision. Because of the sheer number of entries, we are sharing only the winners in each category. There is so much talent in our community! Thanks again to everyone who took the time to enter their poetry and especially to teachers and parents for encourgaing your student's and child's creativity. Each of our four winners won $25.00.
Winners: Jacob Marti, Grade 3, "The Pig", Brooklyn Okonek, Grade 4, "The Sweet Pea Poem", Honey Blackcoon, Junior at PHS, "Caged", and Matt Demmerly, Adult, "Washington, Madison, Hamilton, and Jay"
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